The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-20
Christnas REGIMES.

Dolly Warden Cake.-Make five layers of cake by
any nice jelly-cake recipe, and put them together
with different Filings between. For the first use
chocoa ate; the second, lemon cream; the third.
grated cocoanut; and the fourth soft icing filed
with nuts and raisins then ice the entire cake
Banbury Cakes-These are delicious and are a
most excellent substitute for mince pies Stone and
chop one cupful Of rasins piece of crou the size
OF the round bottom of coffee cup, add one egg,
one cup of sugar. the juice and pulp and part of the
grated peel of lemon; mix thoroughly. Make O
crust exactly like pecrust roll it, and cut out little
circles the size of small saucer; upon this drop
spoonful Oh the mixture, wet the crust with water
then fold and press the edges together make it
look like little turnover" only it must not have
even tiny outlet for the Juice; little -four on
your fingers if need be, to keep the edges together
Put them when all folded into a dripping-pan or
baking plate, closely side by side, then rub them
over evenly with milk in which little sugar is dis
solved to large tablespoonful of milk add small
te- spoonful of sugar Bake light brown.
Ice Cream Cake.-Two cups white sugar. one cup
butter, whites of eight eggs, % cup of sweet milk
three cups flour, two teaspoonfuls Royal Baking
Powder. Mix butter and sugar together then add
the eggs well beaten, next the milk and lastly the
flour and powder mixed together Flavor to suit the
taste, beating the mixtures well.
Lobster Patties-Line patty pans with puff paste
or pie crust made short; put piece a dry bread in
each; cover with the top crust. brush lightly with
white of egg and bake. Mince the lobster very fine
add little lemon juice, Cayenne pepper and salt
moisten with few spoonfuls of white sauce, to
which has been added little gravy. Let this sim
ner gently for five minutes; then after removing the
top and taking the bread, fill the patty cases
with the LOBSTER replace the covers, and send to the
table hot
Little Pigs in Blankets.-To garnish the roast
turkey cut some very thin slices of English break
fast bacon, upon elch lay oyster which has been
wiped dry and seasoned. then fold the bacon over
it and fasten it with tiny skewers of wood, two
through each slice; just ten minutes before the
turkey is to 90 to the table, fry these "little pgs
until they are delicatey brown and place on the
platter around the turkey.
Orange Cream-Soak q one ounce packet of gela-
tine, and add it to one pint of milk in which six
ounces of lump sugar has been dissolved. Add
little lemon peel, and boil all together for ten
minutes. Strain the milk and add to it half pint
of orange Juice and the juice of one small lemon.
Stir well, and pour into mold till set.
Orange sponge.-Oranges are not only excellent
at brea kast (Which is the best time to eat them but
should be oitener served at dessert-as puddings
jellies short cake, etc, than they very nice
dish is made as follows: Squeeze out the juice and
pulp of three oranges into bowl Add the juice of
half lemon, three ounces of sugar, one and half
pint of cold water; let it come to boil ana then
strain Dissolve two tabespooniuls of corn starch
in little cold water, rub it smooth and add to it the
strained juices let it boil fifteen minutes to cock the
corn starch Then set it aside and when cold set it
in the ice box to become quite cold. Beat up the
whites of three eggs to foam, whip it into The corn
starch and it is ready for use. 1t may be served in
tart shells or fancy cases.
Orange Charlotte (Airs Lincoln. )-One-third box
of gelatiue n cup Of cold water, u cup boiling
water one cup sugar. juice of one lemon, cup of
orange juice and pulp. three eggs whites only)
Line mould bold with lady fingers or sections of
oranges Soak the gelatine in cold water till soft
Pour on the boiling water. Add the sugar and the
lemon Juice. Strain and add the orange juice and
pulp with little Of the grated rind. Cool in pan
of ice water. Beat the whites Of the eggs stiff and
when the orange jelly begins to harden. beat it till
light Add the beaten whites, and beat together till
stiff enough to drop. Pour into the mould
One pint of whipped cream may be used instead
of the whites Of the eggs it may be piled the
top after the charlotte is removed from the mould
Apple Charlotte.-One cup of cooked sour apples
Steamed, drained and siftedl may be used in place
of orange in the preceding receipt Line the mould
with lady fingers or sponge cake, and serve boiled
custard made with the yolks Of the eggs sauce,
or use one cup of canned peach, pineapple april
cot or one pint of fresh strawberries raspberries
Mash and rub the fruit TIN Ugh seiye before using
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Christmas Hints.